Houston Sports Blog Roundup 3/10 Edition

Spring Training is half over, the Rockets may never lose another game, ever, and the Texans have one less competitor to worry about. All this and more plus musical dramatic guest Roger Clemens in this week's roundup! Read on to see what the Web is saying about Houston's teams:

- The Rockets' streak continues unabated, even without Yao. The Dream Shake is getting used to the gangly teenaged Streak.

- Seen the billboards around town proclaiming Team Texas from the All-American Football League? Yeah, you might want to get a refund on your season tickets. Looks like the AAFL is going to fold. The Houston Business Journal looks at why.

- The Astros' spring training schedule is more than halfway over. There have been some bright spots, some cause for concern, and some bizarre injury reports. The Crawfish Boxes breaks it down so far.

- Some of the poor stat lines from Astros pitchers are good things. Seriously. It means that they're working a new pitch into their arsenal, and some times the results will be messy until you figure it out. If the changeup is able to keep opposing hitters off-balance during the season, who the hell cares how it works in March?

- Encouraging news from the Texans on Dunta Robinson's recovery. Having the Pro-Bowl caliber CB lining up opposite Fred Bennett this fall (as opposed to the Free Agent Pu-Pu Platter) could make or break the Texans' defense.

- In a related Texans' secondary story, check out the poll on the main page at Battle Red Blog right now. It seems that each offseason, the boys from Reliant Stadium make at least one bone-headed free agent signing. Ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 winner: Jacques Reeves!

- For both of you who still watch SNL, you'll remember this Roger Clemens sketch from this week. For the haters who whine about the show and long for the salad days when Adam Sandler went on Weekend Update and used a voice that sounded like he'd been beaten on the head with a two-by-four (even though the show now is still good for at least 3-4 good solid sketches each week), here's something you haven't seen:

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